A Cradle Song
July 6, 2023To winter in the Midst of his Reign
July 6, 2023True Being
True Being
Rich hour! is not thy gift a radiant thing?
The truth here blazoned in this marble and gold,
Here writ in this refulgence manifold,
Hath sunned my groped redemption: lo, I fling–
How lightly!–off ungraced desire; I cling
To that faith firm this splendour hath retold:
My spirit, towered, doth its sheer track behold,
And shakes the dust of chaos from its wing.
Life that is death, riches named with a lie,
This fane would, that the sum of both employs,
Your tears unseal if ignorance could weep.
Is not true being locked in tombs? and die
Must not we in death ere life’s innater joys
We may, as I now, clasp as in a sleep?
William Baylebridge
William Baylebridge (1883-1942) was an Australian poet and journalist who was associated with the Sydney Push, a group of writers and artists who challenged the conservative social norms of early 20th-century Australia. Baylebridge's poetry often dealt with themes of love and loss, and his most famous works include "The Wild Colonial Boy" and "The Dancing Bear."